科学技术奖励制度改革方案 Reform Plan on Science and Technology Award System

he protection of national security in carrying out national security projects. The level of the science and technology innovation and the strategic significance are the main judging standards.

　　Award in key engineering will be accorded to organizations that ensure the engineering up to the international advanced level. The general science and technology level of the unit and the collective, cooperativeness, cracking volume complicated and critical technical problems and whether the key engineering up to the international advanced level are the main judging standards.

　　Award in key engineering of the State Science and Technology Advancement Award will be limited to organizations. Citizens that make contributions to the awarded project may be praised or rewarded by the awarded unit or its competent authorities. Citizens that make scientific discovery or significant invention in accomplishing the key engineering may be separately recommended for the State Natural Science Award or the State Technical Invention Award.

　　(4). International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China

　　The International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China will be accorded to the following foreigners or organizations that make significant contributions to our cause of science and technology, that: (a) research, develop and create significant science and technology achievement in cooperation with Chinese citizens or organizations; (b) introduce advanced science and technology to Chinese citizens or organizations and train human resources with significant effect; or (c) make significant contributions to the promotion of international science and technology exchange and cooperation between China and foreign counties. This Award is more of honor. The trend is to the setting of bilateral or multilateral science and technology cooperation award.

　　The State Council will issue the certificate and prize for the State Natural Science Award, the State Technical Invention Award and the State Science and Technology Adva

ncement Award. The State Council will issue the certificate for the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China.

　　III. Strengthening the management to the science and technology awards set by departments, local authorities and social forces

　　The excessive and disorderly status in science and technology awards set by departments, local authorities and social forces shall be tackled by forming rules and regulations and strengthening management. We shall formulate fair, open and just examination rules, establish scientific evaluation standards, strictly regulate the procedures and activities regarding recommendation, nomination, examination and voting, and subject the science and technology award work to science and legality. The science and technology awards set by the departments under the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central authority shall be streamlined in accordance with "fewer but essential" principle in great quantities to overcome the negative effect caused by the layers of awards set.

　　All regions and all departments shall cooperate with every effort to make the state science and technology award a success, ensure its level and enhance its social effect. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central authority may consider to form local science and technology award commission and other organizations, pay attention to the functions of professional or discipline intermediaries, and duly safeguard the examination work of science and technology award to be scientific, fair and authentic. In accordance with the (Regulations on State Science and technology award), the relevant departments under the State Council shall, based on the particular condition of national security, set departmental science and technology award. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central authority may set one provincial science and technology award. Except aforesaid awards, no other awards shall be set. The number of projects of science and technology award will be streamlined in great quantities too. All regions and departments shall, strictly in accordance with the (Regulations on State Science and technology award), clean the existing science and technology award.

　　There are more and more science and technology awards set in China by domestic or foreign organization or individual. The underlying ideas and desires are mostly sound, and, especially, the oversee patriots' generosity to donate for the awards and enthusiasm to support the prosperity of the nation's science and technology shall be fully confirmed and protected. But some science and technology awards in society are blind and unregulated due to lagging management and direction. We shall, in accordance with "strong support, active direction, regulatory management and orderly process" principle, conforming to their trend and by conductive direction, establish necessary registration system to enhance their healthy development and make them a beneficial supplement of the state science and technology award. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall, in accordance with the (Regulations on State Science and technology award), formulate concrete rules to orderly manage and direct the activities regarding science and technology award in society.

　　Problems of non-observance of laws and regulations exist in the current science and technology award work. Especially, there exist formalism, eyewash and even nepotism and cheating during the course of verification, recommendation, nomination and examination, which, although occurring in limited unit and place, have adverse effect and strong erosion. We shall extend scientific and moral education, reform the existing verification methods regarding science and techno

logy achievement and new product, rectify the misfeasance, and ensure the science and technology award reform up to the planed target.

　　IV. Award standards of state science and technology award

　　In the old state science and technology award system, the first grade prize for the State Natural Science Award and the State Technical Invention Award is 60,000 Yuan, and 45,000 Yuan for the State Science and technology Advancement Award. The second grade prize for all the awards is 300,00 Yuan. Now, we adjust the prize standard for the State Natural Science Award, the State Technical Invention Award and the State Science and technology Advancement Award to 90,000 Yuan for first grade and 60,000 Yuan for second grade.

　　The funds for the state science and technology award will derive from the financial budget of the central government with specific account.

　　V. Responsibilities and structure of the State Science and technology award Commission

　　In accordance with the (Regulations on State Science and technology award), a State Science and technology award Commission shall be formed to perform macro management and direction of state science and technology award. The Examination Committee, consisting of related experts and scholars employed by the State Science and technology award Commission, is formed to be responsible for examination work and proposing examination opinions to the State Science and technology award Commission. The State Science and technology award Commission shall, based on the examination opinions, make a resolution about the award receivers, award category and award grade, and submit them to the Ministry of Science and Technology for review. After being approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the results of examination shall be ratified by the State Council.

　　The Chief Commissioner of the State Science and technology award Commission shall be assumed by the minister of Science and Technology; the leaders in relevant departments of science and technology, education and etc., renowned scientists and relevant experts in number of 15 to 20 shall be the members thereof to ensure the examination work is scientific, fair and authentic. The members shall be nominated by the minister of Science and Technology, and be reported to the State Council for ratification

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